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RULES, REGULATIONS 
AND INSTRUCTIONS 


FOR THE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE 
OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF 
THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND OF 
THE SCOUTS DOING DUTY IN THE 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 


Compiled under the direction 
of the Secretary' of the Interior 


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CONTENTS. 




Page. 

Act of Congress dedicating the Yellowstone National 

Park. 5-6 

Act to protect the birds and animals and to punish 

crimes in the park. 6-10 

Rules and regulations governing the park. 10-12 

Instructions to be observed by all persons in the park.. 13-16 
Regulations governing the impounding and disposition 

of loose live stock found in the park. 16-17 

Instructions for the guidance of officers and enlisted 
men of the U. S. Army and of the scouts doing duty 

in the park. 17-35 

General instructions. 17-23 

Special instructions as to particular stations— 

Norris Station. 23-24 

Fountain Station. 24-25 

Upper Geyser Basin Station. 25-26 

Riverside Station. 26-27 

Thumb Station. 27 

Lake Station. 27-28 

Canyon Station. 28-29 

Sylvan Pass Station. 29 

Snake River Station. 29-30 

Tower Falls Station. 30-31 

Soda Butte Station. 31 

Gardiner Station. 32 

Fort Yellowstone.. 32 






















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Instructions for the guidance of officers and enlisted 
men of the U. S. Army, etc.—Continued. 

Summer patrols. 

Schedule. 

Norris Station... 

Fountain Station. 

Upper Basin Station. 

Riverside Station. 

Thumb Station. 

Lake Station. 

Canyon Station. 

Sylvan Pass Station. 

Snake River Station. 

Tower Falls Station. 

Soda Butte Station. 

Fort Yellowstone Station. 


Page. 


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ACT OF DEDICATION. 


AN ACT to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters 
of the Yellowstone River as a public park. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the 
tract of land in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming 
lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, and 
described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the junction of 
Gardiner’s River with the Yellowstone River and running 
east of the meridian, passing ten miles to the eastward of the 
most eastern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence south along 
the said meridian to the parallel of latitude, passing ten 
miles south of the most southern point of Yellowstone Lake: 
thence west along said parallel to the meridian, passing 
fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison Lake; 
thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the junc¬ 
tion of the Yellowstone and Gardiner’s Rivers; thence east 
to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn 
from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the 
United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park 
or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the 
people; and all persons who shall locate, or settle upon, or 
occupy the same or any part thereof, except as hereinafter 
provided, shall be considered trespassers and removed 
therefrom. 

Sec. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive 
control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be 
as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and 
regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care 
and management of the same. Such regulations shall pro¬ 
vide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all 
timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders 
within said park, and their retention in their natural 
condition. 

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The Secretary may, in his discretion, grant leases for build¬ 
ing purposes, for terms not exceeding ten years, of small 
parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall require 
the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; 
all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that 
may be derived from any source connected with said park, 
to be expended under his direction in the management of 
the same and the construction of roads and bridle-paths 
therein. He shall provide against the wanton destruction 
of the fish and game found within said park and against their 
capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or 
profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the 
same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, 
and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures 
as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects 
and purposes of this act. 

Approved March 1, 1872. 


AN ACT To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone Na¬ 
tional Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the 
Yellowstone National Park, as its boundaries now are defined, 
or as they may be hereafter defined or extended, shall be 
under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; 
and that all the laws applicable to places, under the sole and 
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force 
and effect in said park: Provided , however , That nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to forbid the service in the park 
of any civil or criminal process of any court having jurisdiction 
in the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. All fugitives 
from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the 
same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of 
Wyoming. 

Sec. 2. That said park, for all the purposes of this Act, 
shall constitute a part of the United States judicial district 
of Wyoming, and the district and circuit courts of the United 
States in and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all 
offenses committed within said park. 



Sec. 3. That if any offense shall be committed in said 
Yellowstone National Park, which offense is not prohibited 
or the punishment is not specially provided for by any law 
of the United States or by any regulation of the Secretary of 
the Interior, the offender shall be subject to the same punish¬ 
ment as the laws of the State of Wyoming in force at the time 
of the commission of the offense may provide for a like offense 
in the said State; and no subsequent, repeal of any such law 
of the State of Wyoming shall affect any prosecution for said 
offense committed within said park. 

Sec. 4. That all hunting, or the killing, wounding, or cap¬ 
turing at any time of any bird or wild animal, except dan¬ 
gerous animals, when it is necessary to prevent them from 
destroying human life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited 
within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken out 
of the waters of the park by means of seines, nets, traps, or by 
the use of drugs or any explosive substances or compounds, 
or in any other way than by hook and line, and then only at 
such seasons and in such times and manner as may be directed 
by the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretary of the 
Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as 
he may deem necessary and proper for the management and 
care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, 
especially for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all 
timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful 
objects within said park; and for the protection of the ani¬ 
mals and birds in the park, from capture or destruction, or to 
prevent their being frightened or driven from the park; and 
he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking of 
fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within 
the said park of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, of any 
wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the 
person or persons having the same are guilty of violating this 
Act . Any person or persons, or stage or express company or 
railway company, receiving for transportation any of the said 
animals, birds, or fish so killed, taken, or caught shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for every 
such offense not exceeding three hundred dollars. Any per¬ 
son found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Act 
or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the 
Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management 


and care of the park, or for the protection of the property 
therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of tim¬ 
ber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects 
within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds 
and fish in the said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misde¬ 
meanor, and shall be subjected to a fine of not more than one 
thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years, 
or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings. 

That all guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transporta¬ 
tion of every nature or description used by any person or per¬ 
sons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trap¬ 
ping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or wild 
animals shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be- 
seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prose¬ 
cution of any person or persons arrested under charge of vio¬ 
lating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under’ 
this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, 
teams, horses, or other means of transportation such forfeiture 
shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other 
punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property 
shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior. 

Sec. 5. That the United States circuit court in said dis¬ 
trict shall appoint a commissioner, who shall reside in the 
park, who shall have jurisdiction to hear and act upon all 
complaints made, of any and all violations of the law, or of 
the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Inte- ? 
rior for the government of the park and for the protection of 
the animals, birds, and fish and objects of interest therein, and 
for other purposes authorized by this Act. Such commis- . 
sioner shall have power, upon sworn information, to issue 
process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any 
person charged with the commission of any misdemeanor, or 
charged with the violation of the rules and regulations, or 
with the violation of any provision of this Act prescribed for 
the government of said park, and for the protection of the 
animals, birds, and fish in the said park, and to try the per- ' 
son so charged, and, if found guilty, to impose the punish¬ 
ment and adjudge the forfeiture prescribed. In all cases of 
conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of said com¬ 
missioner to the United States district court for the district 



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of Wyoming, said appeal to be governed by the laws of the 
State of Wyoming providing for appeals in cases of misde¬ 
meanor from justices of the peace to the district court of said 
State; but the United States circuit court in said district may 
prescribe rules of procedure and practice for said commis¬ 
sioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to said United States 
district court. Said commissioner shall also have power to 
issue process as hereinbefore provided for the arrest of any 
person charged with the commission of any felony within the 
park, and to summarily hear the evidence introduced, and, 
if he shall determine that probable cause is shown for holding 
the person so charged for trial, shall cause such person to be 
safely conveyed to a secure place for confinement, within the 
jurisdiction of the United States district court in said State of 
Wyoming, and shall certify a transcript of the record of his 
proceedings and the testimony in the case to the said court, 
which court shall have jurisdiction of the case: Provided , 
That the said commissioner shall grant bail in all cases bail¬ 
able under the laws of the United States or of said State. All 
process issued by the commissioner shall be directed to the 
marshal of*the United States for the district of Wyoming; but 
nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing 
the arrest by any officer of the Government or employee of 
the United States in the park without process of any person 
taken in the act of violating the law or any regulation of the 
Secretary of the Interior: Provided , That the said commis¬ 
sioner shall only exercise such authority and powers as are 
conferred by this Act. 

Sec. 6. That the marshal of the United States for the dis¬ 
trict of Wyoming may appoint one or more deputy marshals 
for said park, who shall reside in said park, and the said 
United States district and circuit courts shall hold one session 
of said courts annually at the town of Sheridan in the State 
of Wyoming, and may also hold other sessions at any other 
place in said State of Wyoming or in said National Park at 
such dates as the said courts may order. 

Sec. 7. That the commissioner provided for in this Act 
shall, in addition to the fees allowed by law to commissioners 
of the circuit courts of the United States, be paid an annual 
salary of one thousand dollars, payable quarterly, and the 
marshal of the United States and his deputies, and the attor- 



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ney of the United States and his assistants in said district, 
shall be paid the same compensation and fees as are now 
provided by law for like services in said district. 

Sec. 8. That all costs and expenses arising in cases under 
this Act, and properly chargeable to the United States, shall 
be certified, approved, and paid as like costs and expenses 
in the courts of the United States are certified, approved, 
and paid under the laws of the United State's. 

Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be 
erected in the park a suitable building to be used as a jail, 
and also having in said building an office for the use of the 
commissioner, the cost of such building not to exceed five 
thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treas¬ 
ury not otherwise appropriated upon the certificate of the 
Secretary as a voucher therefor. 

Sec. 10. That this Act shall not be construed to repeal 
existing laws conferring upon the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of War certain powers with reference to 
the protection, improvement, and control of the said Yellow¬ 
stone National Park. 

Approved, May 7, 1894. 


RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL 

PARK. 

Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., August 28, 1907. 

The following rules and regulations for the government of 
the Yellowstone National Park are hereby established and 
made public, pursuant to authority conferred by section 2475, 
Revised Statutes, United States, and the act of Congress 
approved May 7, 1894: 

1. It is forbidden to rertiove or injure the sediments or 
incrustations around the geysers, hot springs, or steam vents; 
or to deface the same by written inscription or otherwise; or 
to throw any substance into the springs or geyser vents; or to 
injure or disturb, in any manner, or to carry off any of the 
mineral deposits, specimens, natural curiosities, or wonders 
within the park. 



2. It is forbidden to ride or drive upon any of the geyser or 
hot-spring formations, or to turn stock loose to graze in their 
vicinity. 

3. It is forbidden to cut or injure any growing timber. 
Camping parties will be allowed to use dead or fallen timber 
for fuel. When felling timber for fuel or for building pur¬ 
poses when duly authorized, stumps must not be left higher 
than 12 inches from the ground. 

4. Fires shall be lighted only when necessary, and com¬ 
pletely extinguished when not longer required. The utmost 
care must be exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the 
timber and grass. 

5. Hunting or killing, wounding or capturing any bird or 
wild animal, except dangerous animals when necessary to 
prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is 
prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, 
or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunt¬ 
ing, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or 
wild animals, or in possession of game killed in the park under 
other circumstances than prescribed above, will be forfeited 
to the United States, except in cases where it is shown by sat¬ 
isfactory evidence that the outfit is not the property of the 
person or persons violating this regulation, ana the actual 
owner thereof was not a party to such violation. Firearms 
will only be permitted in the park on written permission from 
the superintendent thereof. On arrival at the first station of 
the park guard, parties having firearms, traps, nets, seines, or 
explosives will turn them over to the sergeant in charge of the 
station, taking his receipt for them. They will be returned 
to the owners on leaving the park. 

6. Fishing with nets, seines, traps, or by the use of drugs or 
explosives, or in any other way than with hook and line, is 
prohibited. Fishing for purposes of merchandise or profit is 
forbidden. Fishing may be prohibited by order of the super¬ 
intendent of the park in any of the waters of the park or lim¬ 
ited therein to any specified season of the year, until other¬ 
wise ordered by the Secretary of the Interior. 

7. No person will be permitted to reside permanently or to 
engage in any business in the park without permission, in 
writing, from the Department of the Interior. The superin¬ 
tendent may grant authority to competent persons to act as 


guides and revoke the same in his discretion, and no pack 
trains shall be allowed in the park unless in charge of a duly 
registered guide. 

8. The herding or grazing of loose stock or cattle of any 
kind within the park, as well as the driving of such stock or 
cattle over the roads of the park, is strictly forbidden, except 
in such cases where authority therefor is granted by the Sec¬ 
retary of the Interior. It is forbidden to cut hay within the 
boundaries of the park, excepting for the use of the wild game 
and such other purposes as may be authorized by the Secre¬ 
tary of the Interior or the park superintendent. 

9. No drinking saloon or barroom will be permitted within 
the limits of the park. 

10. Private notices or advertisements shall not be posted 
or displayed within the park, except such as may be neces¬ 
sary for the convenience and guidance of the public, upon 
buildings on leased ground. 

11. Persons who render themselves obnoxious by disorderly 
conduct or bad behavior, or who violate any of the foregoing 
rules, will be summarily removed from the park, and will not 
be allowed to return without permission, in writing, from the 
Secretary of the Interior or the superintendent of the park. 

12. It is forbidden to carve or write names or other things on 
any of the mileposts or signboards, or any of the platforms, 
seats, railings, steps, or .any structures or any tree in the park. 

Any person who violates any of the foregoing regulations 
will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subjected to 
a fine as provided by the act of Congress approved May 7,1894, 
“to protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National 
Park and to punish crimes in said park, and for other pur¬ 
poses,” of not more than one thousand dollars, or imprison¬ 
ment not exceeding two years, or both, and be adjudged to 
pay all costs of the proceedings. 

Jesse E. Wilson, 

Acting Secretary of the Interior. 


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INSTRUCTIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY ALL PERSONS IN THE 

PARK. 

(1) The feeding, interference with, or molestation of any 
bear or other wild animal in the park in any way by any 
person not authorized by the Superintendent is prohibited. 

(2) Fires .—The greatest care must be exercised to insure 
the complete extinction of all camp fires before they are 
abandoned. All ashes and unburned bits of wood must, when 

1 practicable, be thoroughly soaked with water. Where fires 
are built in the neighborhood of decayed logs, particular atten¬ 
tion must be directed to the extinguishment of fires in the 
decaying mold. Fire may also be extinguished where water 
is not available by a complete covering of earth, well packed 
down. Care should be taken that no lighted match, cigar, 
or cigarette is dropped in any grass, twigs, leaves, or tree 
mold. 

(3) Camps .—No camp will be made at a less distance than 
100 feet from any traveled road. Blankets, clothing, ham¬ 
mocks, or any other article liable to frighten teams must not 
be hung at a nearer distance than this to the road. The 
same rule applies to temporary stops, such as for feeding 
horses or for taking luncheon. 

Many successive parties camp on the same sites during the 
season, and camp grounds must be thoroughly cleaned before 
they are abandoned. Tin cans must be flattened and, with 
bottles, cast-off clothing, and all othes debris, must be depos¬ 
ited in a pit provided for the purpose. When camps are 
made in unusual places where pits may not be provided, all 
• refuse must be hidden where it will not be offensive to the 
eye. . 

(4) Bicycles.—The greatest care must be exercised by per¬ 
sons using bicycles. On meeting a team the rider must stop 
and stand at side of road between the bicycle and the team— 
the outer side of the road if on a grade or curve. In passing a 
team from the rear, the rider should learn from the driver if 
his horses are liable to frighten, in which case the driver should 
halt and the rider dismount and walk past, keeping between 

'the bicycle and the team. 


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(5) Fishing. —All fish less than 6 inches in length should at 
once be returned to the water with the least damage possible 
to the fish. No one person shall catch more than twenty fish 
in one day. 

(6) Dogs. —Dogs and cats are not permitted in the park. 

(7) Grazing animals. —Only animals actually in use for pur¬ 
poses of transportation through the park may be grazed in the 
vicinity of the camps. They will not be allowed to run over 
any of the formations, nor near to any of the geysers or hot 
springs; neither will they be allowed to run loose within 100 * 
feet of the roads. 

(8) Hotels. —All tourists traveling with the authorized trans¬ 
portation companies, whether holding hotel coupons or pay¬ 
ing cash, are allowed the privilege of extending their visit m 
the park at any of the hotels without extra charge for trans¬ 
portation. However, twenty-four hours’ notice must be given 
to the managers of the transportation companies for reserva¬ 
tions in other coaches. 

(9) Boat trip on Yellowstone Lake. —The excursion boat on 
Yellowstone Lake plying between the Lake Hotel and the 
Thumb Lunch Station at the West Bay is not a part of the 
regular transportation of the park, and an extra charge is made 
by the boat company for this service. 

(10) Driving on roads of park. —(a) Drivers of vehicles of 
any description, when overtaken by other vehicles traveling 
at a faster rate of speed, shall, if requested to do so, turn out 
and give the latter free and unobstructed passageway. 

(6) Vehicles, in passing each other, must give full half of 
the roadway. This applies to freight outfits as well as any 
other. a 

(c) Racing on the park roads is strictly prohibited. 

(d) Freight, baggage, and heavy camping outfits on sidehill i 
grades throughout the park will take the outer side of the road 
while being passed by passenger vehicles in either direction. 

(e) In making a temporary halt on the road for any purpose, 
excepting for lunch or camp, all teams and vehicles will be 
pulled to one side of the road far enough to leave a free and 
unobstructed passageway. 

(/) In rounding sharp curves on the roads, like that in the 
Golden Gate Canyon, where the view ahead is completely cut 


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off, drivers will keep their teams well on the right of the road 
and will slow down to a walk. Traveling at night is prohib¬ 
ited except in cases of emergency. * 

(g) Transportation companies, freight and wood contract¬ 
ors, and all other parties and persons using the park roads 
will be held liable for violation of these instructions. 

(h) Pack trains will be required to follow trails whenever 
practicable. During the tourist season, when traveling on 
the road and vehicles carrying passengers are met, the pack 
train must move off the road not less than 100 feet and await 
the passage of the vehicle. 

(i) During the tourist season pack animals, loose animals, or 
saddle horses, except those ridden by duly authorized persons 
on patrol or other public duties, are not permitted on the 
coach road between Gardiner and Fort Yellowstone. 

(jfc) Riding at a gait faster than a slow trot on the plateaus 
near the hotels where tourists and other persons are accus¬ 
tomed to walk is prohibited. 

(l) Mounted persons on meeting a passenger team on a grade 
will halt on the outer side until the team passes. When ap¬ 
proaching a passenger team from the rear, warning must be 
given, and no faster gait will be taken than is necessary to 
make the passage, and if on a grade the passage will be on the 
outer side. A passenger team must not be passed on a dan¬ 
gerous grade. 

(m) All wagons used in hauling heavy freight over the park 
roads must have tires not less than 4 inches in width. This 
order does not apply to express freight hauled in light spring 
wagons with single teams. 

(11) Miscellaneous .—Automobiles are not permitted in 

the park. > 

Persons are not allowed to bathe near any of the regularly 
traveled roads in the park without suitable bathing clothes. 

All complaints by tourists and others as to service, etc., 
rendered in the reservation should be made to the Superin¬ 
tendent in writing before the complainant leaves the park. 

(12) The penalty for disregard of these instructions is sum¬ 
mary ejection from the park. 

Information relative to side trips in the park and the cost 
thereof can be procured from those authorized to transport 


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passengers through or to provide for camping parties in the 
park, also at the office of the Superintendent. 

S. B. M. Young, 

Superintendent. 


Approved: 


Department of the Interior, 

Washington, D. C., Augu$t28, 1907. 

Jesse E. Wilson, 

Acting Secretary. 


REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSI¬ 
TION OF LOOSE LIVE STOCK FOUND IN THE YELLOWSTONE 

NATIONAL PARK. 

Horses, cattle, or other domestic live stock running at large 
or being herded or grazed in the Yellowstone National Park 
without authority from the Secretary of the Interior, will be 
taken up and impounded by the superintendent, who will at 
once give notice thereof to the owner, if known. If the owner 
is not known, notices of such impounding, giving a description 
of the animal or animals, with the brands thereon, will be 
posted in six public places inside the park and in two public 
places outside the park. Any owner of an animal thus im¬ 
pounded may, at any time before the sale thereof, reclaim the 
same upon proving ownership and paying the cost of notice 
and all expenses incident to the taking up and detention of 
such animal, including the cost of feeding and caring for the 
same. If any animal thus impounded shall not be reclaimed 
within thirty days from notice to the owner or from the date 
of posting notices, it shall be sold at public auction at such 
time and place as may be fixed by the superintendent after 
ten days’ notice, to be given by posting notices in six public 
places in the park and two public places outside the 'park, 
and by mailing to the owner, if known, a copy thereof. 

All money received from the sale of such animals and re¬ 
maining after the payment of all expenses incident to the 
taking up, impounding, and selling thereof, shall be carefully 
retained by the superintendent in a separate fund for a period 













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of six months, during which time the net proceeds from the 
sale of any animal may be claimed by and paid to the owner 
upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership, and 
if not so claimed within six months from the date of sale such 
proceeds shall be turned into the Yellowstone National Park 

The superintendent shall keep a record in which shall be 
set down a description of all animals impounded, giving the 
brands found on them, the date and locality of the taking up, 
the date of all notices and manner in which they were given, 
the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the 
amount for which each animal was sold and the cost incurred 
in connection therewith, and the disposition of the proceeds. 

The superintendent will, in each instance, make every 
reasonable effort to ascertain the owner of animals impounded 
and to give actual notice thereof to such owner. 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF OFFICERS AND EN¬ 
LISTED MEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND OF THE 
SCOUTS DOING DUTY IN THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, 

General Instructions. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS—ARRESTS. 

1. It is the duty of the soldiers at the stations in the park 
to see that all the Rules and Regulations and the “Instruc¬ 
tions to be Observed by all Persons in the Park” are com¬ 
plied with by all persons. Anyone violating any of thele 
rules, regulations, or instructions will be promptly placed 
under arrest and reported to headquarters. If the station is 
not in telephonic communication with headquarters the 
offending persons may be taken to the nearest telephone sta¬ 
tion, where report of the case will be promptly made. If 
parties under arrest are ordered to be sent into headquarters 
they will be compelled to make such marches as their guard 
thinks proper, but will not be compelled to go more than a 
reasonable distance in one day, their transportation being 
considered. 

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An ample supply of park rules, regulations, and instruc¬ 
tions will be furnished each station and the noncommissioned ^ 
officer in charge will see that a sufficient number are judi-j 
ciously posted within his district. 

PATROLS. 

2. Frequent patrols will be made into all the territory be- j 
longing to the stations, for the observation and protection of 
the game and forests. Particular attention will be paid to 
the prevention and extinguishing of fires and the cleaning up : 
of camp grounds, and when any fire is discovered that can ] 
not be controlled by the station men, an immediate report! 
will be made to headquarters. Special vigilance must be] 
exercised in enforcing complete extinguishment of fires and 1 
thorough cleaning up of camp grounds by all persons, includ-j 
ing freighters and persons working for the Government. 

All patrols will carry notebooks. In the summer they will ] 
record the dates of the patrol, the name of the man or men] 
making it, the names of camping parties seen, where they 
camped, where they came from, where they were going, what 
transportation they had, and any occurrence of interest or 
importance during the trip. In the winter the date, number i 
of miles traveled, destination, route, object of the trip, num-’ 
ber and names of the men, whether on foot, horseback, or skis, 
will be noted. The number and kind of game seen, its con¬ 
dition, game signs seen, temperature and conditions of weather, 
and anything else of interest or importance will be recorded. 

RECORDS AND REPORTS. 

3. At each station a record book will be kept, into which 

the notes in the patrol books will be copied, and at the end of 
each month a report including all this information will be 
made and forwarded to headquarters. % % 

4. As neither the game nor the poachers travel by the'wagon 
roads, these roads should be avoided as much as possible by 
winter patrols, or scouting parties. Visits to any particular 
locality should be made at irregular intervals and always by a 
different route, if practicable. In this way all the country 
will soon be learned. 





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No trip will be made on snowshoes by less than two men. 
If he party is not conducted by a duly authorized scout, it 
should be led by the most experienced soldier. Wise pre¬ 
caution must be exercised to prevent separation of the party. 

WINTER PATROLLING. 

The noncommissioned officer in charge of the station must 
see that the men going out on a snowshoe trip are properly 
clothed and equipped. Heavy winter underclothing must 
be worn; also German socks and overshoes, a cap with visor 
and flaps to protect the head and ears, and suitable warm 
covering for the hands. The feet must be kept dry and clean. 
Matches, a good axe, and sufficient food to provide against 
accidents must always be carried. Colored glasses to prevent 
snow blindness are necessary, and the frames should be 
wound with woolen yarn to prevent freezing the face. The 
map and compass should always be carried. 

Snowshoeing is not dangerous work if proper precautions 
are taken, but judgment and caution are necessary. The use 
of intoxicants or stimulants, even in the slightest degree, is 
dangerous while on a snowshoe trip. 

During the winter duty period, patrolling and scouting 
will be constantly carried on, and when camps are made they 
will, if possible, be selected so as to be hidden from poachers 
who may be in the park. Patrols and scouts will avoid the 
regular trails as far as possible, and will vary their different 
trips as much as the character of the country will allow. 

REGISTRATION. 

5. At each station throughout the park a registration book 
will be kept, having printed headings which indicate the 
kind of record to be made in each column. In this book 
will be entered the date, name, destination, etc., of all visitors 
to the park that pass the station, except those stopping at the 
hotels or Wylie Permanent Camps. 

All persons traveling through the park from October 1 to 
June 1 should be regarded with suspicion. They will be 
closely questioned and if necessary will be watched from 
station to station. 


TREATMENT OF TOURISTS. 


6. Tourists must be treated with civility and fairness, but 
compliance with all rules, regulations, and instructions must 
be exacted. 

FIREARMS AND TRAPS. 

7. When parties with firearms or traps expect to leave the 
park by the station at which they entered, the firearms and 
traps will be taken from them and a receipt given for them, 
in which receipt the firearms and traps will be fully described. 
On the return of the parties on their way out of the park, the 
firearms or traps will be restored to them, on presentation of 
the receipt, and the receipt taken up. If such parties expect 
to leave the park by some other boundary station, the fire¬ 
arms or traps must always be sealed and the persons carrying 
them must be given a written permit, which will be taken up 
at the station where they leave the park. This permit must be 
presented at each station passed and must be carefully exam¬ 
ined by the man in charge of the station at the time. If it 
appears that no undue advantage has been taken of the per¬ 
mit, and if the seals are intact and secure, the permit will be 
indorsed on the back. If the bearer of the permit appears to 
have violated its requirements, to have unreasonably delayed 
between stations, or to have passed any station without 
having his permit indorsed, he will be held and the case 
reported at once to headquarters. 

Firearms and traps must be so securely sealed that they 
can not be used without breaking the wire or seals. 

PACK TRAINS AND LOOSE ANIMALS. 

8. Pack trains will, whenever practicable, be required to 
follow trails, and when traveling on the roads and vehicles 
carrying passengers are met, the pack train will be required 
to move off the road not less than 100 feet and await the pas¬ 
sage of such vehicles. 

Horses, cattle, or other domestic live stock running at large 
or being herded or grazed in the park without authority from 
the Secretary of the Interior will be taken up and held at the 
station, and immediate report made to headquarters, and, if 
possible, the owner notified. 
















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HOTELS. 

9. The hotel managers are responsible for good order and 
strict observance of all rules and regulations concerning the 
park, in and about their hotels. Under no circumstances will 
any noncommissioned officer in charge of a station permit any 
of his men to go upon the premises or to enter any hotel in the 
park for the purpose of enforcing any rule or regulation per¬ 
taining to any hotel or transportation company, except upon 
receipt of direct orders from the superintendent of the park, 
or the commanding officer of the troops, given either in per¬ 
son, over the telephone, by telegraph, or in writing. Such 
noncommissioned officers will, however, promptly report to 
the superintendent of the park any disorderly conduct or 
violation of any park rule or regulation, by any employee or 
tourist, in or about the hotels in the park. 

KILLING COYOTES, ETC. 

10. Scouts and noncommissioned officers in charge of sta¬ 
tions throughout the park are authorized and directed to kill 
mountain lions, coyotes, and timber wolves. They will do this 
themselves, and will not delegate the authority to anyone else. 
They will report at the end of each month, in writing, the 
number of such animals killed, and will retain all skins or 
scalps in their personal possession until directed what to do 
with them. 

SNOWSHOE CABINS. 

11. Noncommissioned officers in charge of stations will be 
held responsible for the proper use of rations and property in 
all snowshoe cabins in their respective districts. All persons 
are enjoined to use these rations only in cases of necessity; 
never under any circumstances to waste any of them, and to 
always leave the cabins and their contents secure and in good 
condition. The axe and shovel must be left inside, the bed 
clothes hung up, cooking utensils clean and dry, and the food 
in its box secure from mice, etc. Enough dry wood for one 
night should always be left in the cabin. These cabins will 
be kept locked and all winter patrols or scouting parties will 
carry keys, and will record in the note book the quantity and 




condition of the rations left in the cabin, as well as the 
condition of the cabin itself, and this information will be 
included in the monthly reports. 

officers' quarters. 

12. The small frame buildings at the stations, known as 
officers’ quarters, are intended solely for use of commissioned 
officers on duty in the park, and such persons as may receive 
written permission from the superintendent of the park, or the 
commanding officer of Fort Yellowstone, to occupy them, and 
will not be used for any other purpose. The bunks, bedding, 
or furniture of any kind pertaining to these buildings will not 
be removed therefrom. These buildings will be kept in good 
order and ready for occupancy, but must be closed and locked 
at all times except when in use, or for airing. 








TARGET PRACTICE. 

13. Target practice of any kind by members of the various 
detachments stationed in the park is forbidden. 

CARE OF STATIONS. 

14. Each noncommissioned officer will be held responsible 
for the proper cleanliness of his station and the ground in its 
vicinity. All men on station must, except when scouting, 
wear the proper uniform and be always neat and clean. All 
camp refuse and slops will be buried. One man must always 
be left at the station. 

No one will be allowed to remain about stations except park 
scouts and members of the command. To prevent suffering, 
however, shelter may be granted in cases of necessity; as soon 
as the necessity is over the individuals must be required to 
leave. 

Great care must be taken that fire does not destroy any of 
the station buildings: candles, except in lanterns, wiil not be 
taken into the stables, nor will matches be lighted there. 

The noncommissioned officer in charge of a station will be 
held strictly responsible for everything pertaining to the sta¬ 
tion, and when relieved will turn over to his successor all 









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records, orders and instructions, and public property in his 
possession, taking receipts for each class of property in dupli¬ 
cate. These receipts will show the number or quantity and 
condition of articles, and one copy of each will be at once 
transmitted to headquarters. 

DUTIES AND DISTRICTS. 

15. While the following special instructions define and 
assign separate districts for each station, it is not intended 
that the patrols or scouting parties from one station are pro¬ 
hibited from entering the district belonging to another. Such 
parties will not hesitate to pass from one district into another 
whenever an efficient performance of duty makes it neces¬ 
sary or desirable. 

The principal duty of the stations in winter is to protect 
the birds, fur-bearing animals and game in the park. To this 
end each noncommissioned officer in charge of a station 
should, as rapidly as possible, familiarize himself with the 
country included in his district. 

Summer duties begin June 1 and continue until suspended 
by orders from headquarters; then winter duties begin and 
continue until June 1. 

Special Instructions. 

NORRIS STATION. 

The boundary line of the district belonging to this station 
starts at Beaver Lake, runs west to Mount Holmes, thence 
southwest to junction of Maple and Cougar creeks, thence 
easterly to Gibbon River at the mouth of Canyon Creek, 
thence northeast to the point on main road midway between 
Norris and Canyon, thence northwest to Beaver Lake. 

Summer duties .—This station is charged with the protec¬ 
tion of Norris Basin, and daily from the time the first coach 
arrives until the last one leaves, one man must remain on the 
formation charged with the enforcement of the park rules, 
regulations, and instructions. One man must also be on the 


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formation whenever camping parties are there. Road patrol- 
ing will be carried on daily in accordance with the summer 
patrol schedule. (See Schedule for summer patrols.) 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept 
(see General instructions), and the instructions in regard to 
firearms and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly 
enforced. - 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patroling the interior of the district for the special protec¬ 
tion of the game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded; report at once made of any moose or sheep in 
the district; a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and other 
poachers, and for forest fires. The instructions in regard to 
firearms and traps will be strictly enforced. 

FOUNTAIN STATION. 

The boundary line of the district belonging to this station 
starts at the mouth of Canyon Creek on the Gibbon River; 
thence west to the falls of the Firehole River; thence south¬ 
west to the north end of the Little Firehole River Meadows; 
thence east by Twin Buttes, Fairy Falls, and Excelsior 
Geyser to the head of Juniper Creek; thence north to the 
head of Magpie Creek; thence back to mouth of Canyon 
Creek. 

Summer duties .-—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, 
and instructions and the thorough performance of patrol duty 
in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols (see 
Schedule). The patrol to Excelsior Geyser will be required 
to carefully inspect all the formations in that vicinity to pre¬ 
vent defacement. 

A guard will be sent every evening to the hotel garbage 
dump to enforce the orders in regard to the bears. He will 
remain there on duty as long as there are visitors in the 
vicinity, not later than 9 o’clock p. m., and will allow no 
one to approach the bears inside the barrier, or nearer than 
100 yards. 








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The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept 
(see General instructions above), and the instructions in regard 
to firearms and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly 
enforced. 

Winter duties.—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protec¬ 
tion of the birds and game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers and for forest fires. Report will be made at 
once of any moose or sheep or buffalo in the district. The 
instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be strictly 
enforced. 


UPPER GEYSER BASIN STATION. 

The boundary line of the district belonging to this station 
is as follows: 

Starting at Excelsior Geyser, the boundary line runs 
west by Fairy Falls and Twin Buttes and north end of the 
meadows of the Little Firehole River to the west boundary 
of the park, thence south to the south end of Madison Plateau, 
thence east to headwaters of Moose Creek, thence northeast 
to southeastern point of Shoshone Lake, thence north along 
eastern shore of the lake and along De Lacy Creek to head¬ 
waters of Juniper Creek, thence west to Excelsior Geyser. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, 
and instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol 
duty in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols 
(see Schedule). The patrol to Excelsior Geyser will be re¬ 
quired to inspect all formations along his route to prevent 
defacement and writing, and the patrol toward the Thumb 
will visit the Lone Star Geyser for the same purpose. 

Two men will be on duty daily as formation guards and 
will always be present when there are visitors on the forma¬ 
tions. One of these men will guard the formations from Old 
Faithful Geyser to Riverside Geyser, the other the Biscuit 
Basin and Black Sand Basin and vicinity. 


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One man will be present every evening at the hotel gar¬ 
bage dump to prevent interference with the 1 bears. He will 
allow no one to approach the bears nearer than 100 yards, or 
within the barrier. 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept 
(see General instructions above), and the instructions in re¬ 
gard to firearms and traps kept constantly in mind and 
strictly enforced. 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district, for the special protec¬ 
tion of the game will be taken up. The beaver in all the 
streams of the district must be carefully guarded, and a sharp 
lookout kept for bear trappers, and other poachers, and forest 
fires. Report will be made at once of any moose or sheep or 
buffalo in the district. The instructions in regard to fire¬ 
arms and traps will be strictly enforced. 

RIVERSIDE STATION. 

The boundary line of the district belonging to this station 
starts at the mouth of Canyon Creek, on the Gibbon River, and 
runs northwesterly by Cougar Creek to the west boundary of 
the park, thence south along the west boundary until oppo¬ 
site the north end of the meadows of the Little Firehole River, 
thence northeast to the falls of the Firehole River, thence back 
to mouth of Canyon Creek. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, and 
instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty in 
accordance with the schedule for summer patrols ( see Sched¬ 
ule), and the accurate registration in the registration book of 
all visitors to the park passing the station, except those car¬ 
ried by the Yellowstone Monida Stage Company and the 
Wylie Permanent Camping Company. The names, etc., of 
visitors going out as well as coming in will be recorded (see 
General instructions). The instructions in regard to firearms 
and traps must be constantly kept in mind and strictly 
enforced. These duties also include the special instructions 
concerning opening and closing of gate at western entrance 
to park. 




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Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protection 
of the birds and game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers and for forest fires. Report will be made at 
once of any moose, or sheep, or buffalo in the district. The 
instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be strictly 
enforced. 


THUMB STATION. 

Starting at the mouth of Arnica Creek, the boundary line of 
the district belonging to this station runs northwesterly to 
headwaters of Juniper Creek, thence south along De Lacy 
Creek and eastern shore of Shoshone Lake to headwaters of 
Moose Creek, thence east, passing south of Lewis Lake and 
Heart Lake to the mouth of the Upper Yellowstone River, 
thence along southern and western shore of Yellowstone Lake 
to starting point. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties of this station are prin¬ 
cipally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, and in¬ 
structions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty in 
accordance with the schedule for summer patrols {see Sched¬ 
ule). The paint pots and springs will be inspected frequently 
to prevent any injury to the formations. 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept {see 
General instructions), and the instructions in regard to firearms 
and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly enforced. 

Winter duties— Immediately after the discontinuance of the 
summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and patrol¬ 
ling the interior of the district for the special protection of the 
game will be taken up. . 

The beaver and other fur-bearing animals m all the streams 
of the district must be carefully guarded, and a sharp lookout 
kept for bear trappers and other poachers and for forest fires. 
Report will be made at once of any moose, or sheep, or buf¬ 
falo in the- district. The instructions in regard to firearms 
and traps will be strictly enforced. 



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LAKE STATION. 

Starting at Mary Lake the boundary line of the territory 
belonging to this station runs east by Mud Geyser and the 
Mush Pots to the eastern boundary of the park, thence south 
to Crow Creek, thence west to Lake Butte, thence the north 
shore line of the Yellowstone Lake to the mouth of Arnica 
Creek, thence northwest to the headwaters of Juniper Creek, 
thence north to Mary Lake. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, 
and instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty 
in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols ( see 
Schedule). One man will be present every evening at the 
hotel garbage dump to prevent interference with the bears. 
He will allow no one to approach the bears, nearer than 100 
yards, or within the barrier. 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept ( see 
General instructions), and the instructions in regard to firearms 
and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly enforced 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protection 
of the birds and game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers and for forest fires. Report will be made at 
once of any moose, or sheep, or buffalo in the district. The 
instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be strictly 
enforced. 

CANYON STATION. 

Starting at Mary Lake the boundary line of the territory 
belonging to this station runs east by the Mud Geyser and the 
Mush Pots to the east boundary of the park, thence northwest 
along Mirror Plateau to headwaters of Opal Creek, thence west 
passing south of Mount Washburne and Observation Peak to 
the west side of Grebe Lake, thence south to Mary Lake. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, 




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and instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty 
in accordance with the schedule for dimm er patrols (see 

I Schedule'. One man will be present every evening at the 
hotel garbage dump to prevent interference with the bears. 
He will allow no one to approach the bears, nearer than 100 
yards, or within the barrier. 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept (see 
General instructions >, and the instructions in regard to firearms 
and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly enforced. 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protection 
of the birds and game will be taken up. 

The beaver and all other fur-bearing animals in all the 
streams of the district must be carefully guarded, and a sharp 
lookout kept for bear trappers and other poachers and for 
forest fires. Report will be made at once of any moose, or 
sheep, or buffalo in the district. 

r The instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be 
ictly enforced. 

STL VAN PASS STATION. 

Starting at Lake Butte the boundary line of the district 
belonging to this station runs east to Crow Peak in the Timber 
Reserve, thence southwest to Eagle Peak, thence west to the 
mouth of the Upper Yellowstone River, thence along eastern 
shore of Yellowstone Lake to starting point. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, and 
instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty 
in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols. {See 
Schedule*. The names, etc., of visitors going out as well as 
coming in will be recorded. {See General instructions. > 

The registration book will be neatly and carefully kept (see 
General instructions', and the instructions in regard to fire¬ 
arms and traps kept constantly in mind and strictly enforced. 

Winter duties— Immediately after the discontinuance of the 
summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and patrol¬ 
ling the interior of the district for the special protection of 
the game will be taken up. 



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The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers and for forest fires. 

Report will be made at once of any moose, or sheep, or buf¬ 
falo in the district. 

The instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be 
strictly enforced. 


SNAKE RIVER STATION. 

The territory belonging to this station includes all that part 
of the park lying south of a line running from Eagle Peak, on 
the east boundary of the park, west by the mouth of the Upper 
Yellowstone River and south of Heart Lake and Lewis Lake 
and across north end of Pitchstone Plateau to the west bound¬ 
ary of the park. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, and 
instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol duty 
in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols. (See 
Schedule.) 

The registration book will be carefully and neatly kept, 
and the names, etc., of all visitors going in or out of the park 
will be registered. (See General instructions). 

Observe carefully the general instructions in regard to fire¬ 
arms and traps and their seals. 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protection 
of the game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the.streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers and for forest fires. Report will be made at 
once of any moose, or sheep, or buffalo in the district. 

Observe carefully the general instructions in regard to fire¬ 
arms and traps and their seals. 

TOWER FALLS STATION. 

Starting at the point of intersection of Slough Creek and 
north boundary of the park, the boundary line of the territory 
belonging to this station runs south passing west of Bison 












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Peak and Fossil Forest to headwaters of Opal Creek, thence 
west passing north of Mount Washbume and Observation Peak 
to the west side of Grebe Lake, thence northwest to Grizzly 
Lake, thence northeast to mouth of Hellroaring Creek, thence 
north to.the north boundary line of the park. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of the park rules, regulations, 
and instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol 
duty in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols (see 
Schedule). 

The registration book must be neatly and carefully kept, 
and the instructions in regard to firearms and traps kept con¬ 
stantly in mind and strictly enforced. 

Passengers to and from Cooke City will be registered. 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of the 
summer road patrols the winter duty of scouting and patrol¬ 
ling the interior of the district for the special protection of the 
game will be taken up. 

The beaver in all the streams of the district must be care¬ 
fully guarded, and a sharp lookout kept for bear trappers and 
other poachers, and for forest fires. Report will be made at 
once of any moose, or sheep, or buffalo in the district. The 
instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be strictly 
enforced. 

SODA BUTTE STATION. 

Starting at Castor Peak in the Forest Reserve, the boundary’ 
line of the territory belonging to this district runs north along 
the east boundary of the park, thence west along the north 
boundary of the park to Slough Creek, thence south passing 
west of Bison Peak and the Fossil Forest to the headwaters 
of Opal Creek, thence southeast to Castor Peak. 

Summer duties .—The summer duties at this station are 
principally the enforcement of all the park rules, regulations, 
and instructions, and the thorough performance of patrol 
duty in accordance with the schedule for summer patrols (see 
Schedule). 

The registration book will be carefully kept and all passen¬ 
gers to and from Cooke City will be registered (see General 
instructions), as well as visitors passing the station in or out 

of the park. 





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The instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be 
constantly kept in mind and strictly enforced. 

Winter duties .—Immediately after the discontinuance of 
the summer-road patrols, the winter duty of scouting and 
patrolling the interior of the district for the special protection 
of the game will be taken up. The beaver in all the streams 
of the district must be carefully guarded, and a sharp lookout 
kept for bear trappers and other poachers, and for forest fires. 

Report will be made at once of any moose, or sheep, or 
buffalo in the district. 

The instructions in regard to firearms and traps will be 
strictly enforced. 


GARDINER STATION. 

No district assigned. 

Summer duties .—The park rules, regulations, and instruc¬ 
tions will be enforced, also special instructions regarding the 
opening and closing of gate at entrance to park and those re¬ 
garding arrival and departure of trains. 

Winter duties .—The antelope will be fed daily, after orders 
are given to begin feeding. 

The boundary fence will be patrolled daily, and any break 
or other damage immediately reported. 

The presence of elk in unusual numbers in the vicinity 
will be immediately reported by telephone. 

FORT YELLOWSTONE. 

District: The northwest corner of the park, not included in 
Norris or Tower Falls territory. 

Summer duties .—Two men will be on guard daily on the 
Mammoth Hot Springs formation, charged with the enforce¬ 
ment of the park rules, regulations, and instructions. 

A daily patrol will be made south to Apollinaris Spring 
and east to the ten-mile post, as provided for in the schedule 
for summer patrols. (See Schedule.) 

Winter duties .—The northwest corner of the park will be 
carefully scouted by patrols or scouting parties from the post, 
under such orders and instructions as may be given at the 
time by the superintendent of the park or the post commander,. 







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Summer Patrols, 
schedule. , 

1. The regular summer patrols over all the roads throughout 
the park will begin on June 1 each vear and will continue 
without interruption until suspended by orders from head¬ 
quarters. 

2. All noncommissioned officers in charge of stations will 
see that their patrols go over the roads at least once each day, 
and oftener when necessary; that they meet the patrols from 
connecting stations, and that they visit every camp along the 
road patrolled by them and carefully inspect every old camp 
fire to see that it is properly extinguished and the camp ground 
thoroughly cleaned, by all persons, including freighters and 
parties working for the Government. 

These patrols will also enforce the park rules and regula¬ 
tions, including those concerning driving and loose animals 
and pack trains. The hour when these patrols shall start from 
their stations will be fixed by the commanding officer of the 
troops, bearing in mind that they should start in time to be 
able to inspect the various camps about the time the campers 
are leaving them. 

3. Noncommissioned officers in charge of stations will sub¬ 
mit a report at the end of each month showing in detail what 
patrols have been made, giving the hours when their patrols 
left their stations and the hours of return, and whether or not 
the patrols met those from other stations. 

Norris Station (all daily). 

North to Apollinaris Spring and return. 

South to Wylie’s Camp on Gibbon River and return. 

East toward Canyon to Wedded Trees and return. 

F Fov.ntain Station (all daily). 

North to Wylie’8 Camp on Gibbon River, going by way of 
junction of Gibbon and Firehole rivers and returning by way 
of main road. 

10462—07-3 


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South to junction of roads near Excelsior Geyser, going one 
road and returning by the other. 

Upper Basin Station (all daily). 

North, to junction of roads "near Excelsior Geyser and 
return. 

East, to De Lacy Creek and return. 

Riverside Station (all daily). 

To junction of Firehole and Gibbon rivers and return. 

West, to boundary line of park and return. 

Thumb Station (all daily). 

West, to meet patrol from Upper Basin at De Lacy Creek 
and return. 

North, halfway to Lake and return. 

Lake Station (all daily). 

South, halfway to Thumb Station and return. 

North, to 8-mile post and return. 

Canyon Station (all daily). 

West, to Wedded Trees and return. 

South, to 8-mile post and return. 

North, to point midway between Canyon and Tower Falls 
and return. 

Sylvan Pass Station. 

Patrol will go to Lake Station every second day, remain at 
Lake Station over night, and return to Sylvan Pass Station 
the next day, thus going over the road once daily. 

Snake River Station. 

Patrol will go to Thumb Station every second day, remain 
at Thumb overnight, and return to Snake River Station the 
next day, thus going over the road once every day. 









Tower Falls Station (all daily). 

South, to point midway between Tower Falla and Canyon 

and return. 

West, to 9-mile post and return. 

East, halfway to Soda Butte and return. 

Soda Butte Station (all daily). 

West, halfway to Tower Falls and return. 

North, 10 miles and return. 

Fort Yellowstone (all daily). 

South, to Apollinaris Spring and return, going one way by 
the lower road past the buffalo pasture, and returning by the 

upper road. 

East, to the 9-mile post and return. 





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